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- Publisher
- Karger
- Copyright
- © 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel
- ISSN
- 1661-7649
- eISSN
- 1661-7657
- DOI
- 10.1159/000442850
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Suture urolithiasis is an unusual but recognised phenomenon following surgery on the urinary tract. We report a case in a 30-year-old man who sustained a gunshot injury to the left ureter in Burundi and underwent open ureteric repair in a regional hospital. He migrated to the UK and presented one year later with left loin pain. An intravenous urogram revealed two foci of calcification to the left of L3, within a peri-ureteric position. The patient underwent left-sided ureteroscopy where two calculi each formed around a nylon suture were discovered within a ureteric pseudo-diverticulum, and basketed. This is the first reported case of suture urolithiasis occurring following ureteric surgery.
Journal
Current Urology – Karger
Published: Jan 1, 2016
Keywords: Ureter; Suture; Urolithiasis; Surgical repair